US States With the Highest Share of Taxes From Motor Fuel

51 US states ranked by share of taxes from motor fuel, from highest to lowest. First are Indiana (4.42), Montana (4.34) and Alabama (4.29). The middle one of the 51 has 2.59.

What this measures

The percentage from taxes on gasoline and diesel. Almost everywhere it is charged per gallon, not as a percentage of the price. So, after inflation, the money it raises falls whenever fuel prices rise or cars use less fuel, without anyone voting to cut it. Source: Census government finances.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of all taxes
1	Indiana	4.42
2	Montana	4.34
3	Alabama	4.29
4	West Virginia	4.26
5	Ohio	4.13
6	North Carolina	4.07
7	Idaho	4.04
8	South Dakota	3.95
9	South Carolina	3.82
10	Pennsylvania	3.77
11	Arkansas	3.73
12	Tennessee	3.64
13	Florida	3.54
14	Nevada	3.45
15	Wisconsin	3.3
16	Iowa	3.29
17	Mississippi	3.12
18	Kentucky	3.01
19	Virginia	2.98
20	Utah	2.88
21	Oklahoma	2.87
22	Nebraska	2.85
23	Missouri	2.73
24	Wyoming	2.68
25	Michigan	2.66
26	Washington	2.59
27	Maryland	2.58
28	California	2.49
29	Maine	2.44
30	North Dakota	2.41
31	Kansas	2.39
32	Oregon	2.34
33	Vermont	2.33
34	Illinois	2.33
35	Louisiana	2.28
36	Arizona	2.23
37	Texas	2.19
38	New Hampshire	2.12
39	Minnesota	1.91
40	Colorado	1.78
41	Rhode Island	1.71
42	New Mexico	1.69
43	Delaware	1.68
44	Georgia	1.41
45	Connecticut	1.25
46	Hawaii	1.23
47	Alaska	1.17
48	Massachusetts	1.1
49	New York	0.515
50	New Jersey	0.495
51	District of Columbia	0.22

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